Mechanism for transferring hairs.



H. R. SACK.

MECHANISM FOR TRANSFERRING HAIRS.

- APPLICATION FILED MAR. L9} I913. 1,153,522. PatentedSept. 14, 1915.

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H. R. SACK. MECHANISM FOR IRANSFERRING HAIRS.

- APPLICATION FILED MAR. 191 1913.

15,592. Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

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H. R. SACK.

MECHANISM FOR TRANSFERRING HAIRS- APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19. l9l-3.

' Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOCIRAPH COHWASHINW, DJC.

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AET Frog HERMAN U eIIF s'AeK, 0 I=I-I L I JEI.P I ;A, PEN s yg -N A,"hsfsiGNoR no RALDCLIFFE IB. MILLS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL ANIA.

hehhhe'i Sept. 141C, 1916.

To all whom 'izfima-ycbiicemt Be it known that I, HERMAN RUDOLI SACK, a j'ci tizen of the Uriited States, residing" in Philadelphia, Peifnsylva'nie, have invented '(S ertaih Iihprov'einents Mechanism for Transferring Hairs, of Which the fo1- lowihg is a sfieeifi oation.

The 'ohief object of my invention is 'to 'siicc'esively ii'nd "rapialy "deliver obj eots sueh 'as hofe hairs, b ri s'tles or the like to 51, graspinfi 'or honV'eyinQ ifiea-IIs s'flch for example 'as between "two "rollers Which rotate in tip- :fiefite directions; the heirs etc. being moved between the S i liid rollers 211d to be conveyed by the latter "to be used for any p'urrio s'e.

Ahother objedt is that hiechtfiism 'c'dnstrue'te'd in dceordifice with my invention will he pes i tiv'e *fn its operation arid will be humble 03E delivering indivitual or grdups o'f heirs "6r the like 'as eb'eve stated; the delivery irieans being movable at a speed which they be relative to the speed of the iretsp'imi' or c'o'rlveyihg meh n s sothat my iinerftibn is iirititflarlY 'ervic'eztble fo'r use in the twisting of hair's or britles 'ebove 1Tieiiti6nt1,t1hd it ctfl also he ildVziTithgame-1y employee for braiding or winding pur oses. I

A ti till fiIrther "object of my iniierrtion is t6 doristr'uot 21, mechanism of the above de seabed-ewe i'vhich will be eztpe'ble bf (1eilitfi-iifihhirtr 'hzt ir'sto a grasping or 6011- teylng 'I'r'ie'ahs thzifi his heretofore he'eih aec'oihbhsihed. V

Th'se dhjeo'ts, and other advehtefies Which will be set forth hereinafter I attain the following manner; reference being held to the fedooniphriying; drawings in which, I

Fi giire I, is 1v sectional side elevition 0t mech'a'nisni constrfite'd in-ecoortahoe my invention; Fig. 2, istt plan viewof the mechanism shown in Fi 1; Fig. 3, ie a section on the line 'aa. Fig. 1'; Fig. 4, is an nlargiefl Sectional view taken on the line 5 Fig. 1; Fig. 5, is an enlarged View of the hor'hdn of thehiechariishi shown inFig. 1 When the same has been ihoved to convey the end of a hair between ttvo rol-ler's; Fig. 6, is a iew of similar nature to 5 showing the said hair having been grasped and moved therehetween; *Fig. 7, is} 'sctional View on the line c'c Fig. 5; 8, is 21 11 enlarged View of a "s'irriilar "nature to that shown in Fig. 1 biit show ing ihea'ns "wheieb y e 'precieter'miiied number 'of hiiirs may "deTiVeTed to the said rollers; Fig. '9, is 'a section on the 1J fne'd iZ"o-f Fig. 8'; Fi 10, is a fragmentary View shetving e iherenp bsihbn (sf eerttih of the elements shown in Fig. '9; Fig. 11-, "is eh =e1evhtion View qoa'r'tl'y in section of e r ed'ified form of Hit inven'tioii; Fig. 12,is"a p'1ein View of the ihechzmier'nfshowh ii Fig. 11; Fig. L3, :i's it View s'h'o'tvin e'nother hiedified form of my 'inVen'tiofi; nhd Fig. 14, is a view show ing 'tWo frnsho cahical rollefs which I may em 'le 1 Referring to "the dfhwihgs, 1 is h contamer e1; homer which is preferably ranged so that its hotfibm is ht an ihchned angle to two 'rol'le'rs 2 3 which are totfitthihly -'su p 5orted by a =heering'4 which may term it pert of the 'frz'fme o t ma'chirie or eon'sis'tbf ah illfielberideht rigid sup orting her, hccdrd'i h th the netdre "6f the mechato \vhieh ihvehtion is aid'rpt'ed. The rollers 2 may be rotated in the direchens inlieated h the arrows thereon in Fig. 3 by hny Well khotv'n 'rh'eiii's, and as 'i'lhi'strheea by means of a =p'1'111ej -5 and 'termeshihg geh'rs '5 hfil 5 The rollers 2 '3 Both be driven by a positive means (he one "of the where such as the roller 2 "they be Yiottted "by a fo's'i'tiv'e 'iheans 'an'd time the ramer e to roth pe "by 'frietiofial ohthce) i'h a hereifibjfterflmore fully leeribd illustrated in the several Hews hf hihwinh. V

A 'c'yhhder or (iasifi'g '6 extends Within the hopper 1 hh'd is rigiily eh hcted thereto by 'ihan's hf bracket 7; the letter being 'sdi'ew'ved for dtherwis'e seburec'l to the said hopper 1 as clerl'y 'shdwn in Figs. 1,2 and 4. The ho'fithhi of the hop er 13s referhtfly formed by Iflttns 'eftwh in'clinedeon- \ergih s'u'rfhces 81% that 'hor'sieheir's, bri t1es,etc., *plhed within the Mid hopper will tend to ihovedown'the i'iieli nedeurfaees 8 to the exheme bottom hf the eerie hop er. A "S16t "9 is termed Withiil the extreme "bottom of the hofiper hnd ex-t mes from a point 10 to a point 11; the point 11 being Slightly in ed'v'ariee of the s'tirf'ziee 12 which aets his a bottdrh or sto for the 'lower hf the haii-s, etc. While Within *the hopper $0 that there *is a, shoulder 13 formed. which n6riflfll'y prevents "the 'lhwer end of any 'Of the hn'ir's Within the Bottom ph'reien of the hop per ffroin drop ing throirgh the said Slot 9 (see Figs. 1, 5, 6 aha '8'); the length of the slot 9 being less than the length of the hairs within the hopper.

I preferably provide the casing 6 with an extension or hair-guiding and gage shoe 14: to guide a predetermined number of hairs into alinement with the slot 9 and to prevent the hairs from becoming tangled as will be more fully discussed hereinafter.

The casing 6 forms a housing for a recip- 1 rocable plunger 15 which is recessed at 16 at its lower end; said recess preferably corresponding to the contour of a hair or the like. The plunger 15 is, as illustrated, provided with an extension 17; the latter being substantially square in cross section and movable within a correspondingly square guideway within the cylinder 6 so that the plunger-'15 cannot rotate during its reciproeating action within the said cylinder 6 and thereforethe recess 16 will always be in a position that when it is moved into contact with a hair, as'hereinafter more fully described, the recessed contour will register with the contour of the hair as shown in Figs-5, 7 and 10. 1 The plunger 15 may be.

actuated by any mechanical means and as illustrated the same consists of the eccentric 18 on the pulley 19 which is driven by means of a belt 20 and an eccentric strap 21 pivotally conon the plun- 'move into the position occupied by'the hair 23 which, as will be noticed, is directly over 7 and in longitudinal alinement with the slot 1 9. Therefore, as the pulley 19 rotates, the

plunger 15 will receive a reciprocating action and tend first to move from the position the hair through the slot 9 and out of the hopper in the direction of the arrow Y Fig. 6 and convey it for any purpose in which the hair is to be employed, and for example as heretofore stated to be twisted, braided, or the like.

When I desire to successively deliver a predetermined and only a predetermined number of hairs to the rollers I preferably construct my mechanism as shown in Figs.

8, 9. and 10 and as illustrated in the said later figures the construction is such as to deliverone and only one hair at a time be tween the rollers. In this case I employ a plunger 15.

cated on the supporting shaft, 32 of the pulley 1.9 and extends within the slot 30 so that the rotation of the saidpulley and shaft will cause oscillatory movement to be imparted to the arm 27 and. the reciprocating movement to be imparted to the separator 24. However,'the movement'of the separator 24: will be less extensive than the movement of the plunger 15 and ,the arrangement is such that when the plunger 15 descends and moves the hair 23 between the rollers 2 and 3, as shown in Fig. 10, the end 25 of the separator 24 will be raised to a position out of engagement with any of the hairs and thereby allow the hairs to move transversely toward the plunger 15 (Fig. 10). However, as soon asthe plunger 15 raises .to a point which is near its extreme upward position, the point 25 of the sepa-' rator 24: will descend and pass between the two hairs which are nearest the plunger, and as the latter finishes its upward movement the hair which was closest theplunger will be forced directly beneath the plunger and over the slot 9 and in aposition similar to that occupied by the hair 23 in vFig. 9.

In using this latter construction whereby the separator is employed I preferably provide the hopper with a series ofribs 33 spaced apart throughout the length thereof,

each of which has'a curved or inclined edge move them toward the separator and plun-' ger as heretofore stated. In this case I may also provide the cylinder with an extension similar to 14:, if so desired, but the bottomedge 6 acts as a guiding means so as to prevent congestion or entanglement of the hairs. r

In the modifications shown in Figs. 11

43 1 which support the hairs and tend to and 1 2 the hopper and rollers are substanplunger is in the form of an arm 35 which is secured to a rock shaft 36; the latter passes through or is otherwise supported within the hopper 1. A crank arm 37 is secured to the rock shaft 36 and a link 38 is connected to the crank arm 37 and'may be reciprocated by any mechanical means so as to move the arm from the position shown in full lines Fig. 11 to the position shown in dotand-dash lines. Also, I preferably make the free end of the arm 35 angular as shown at 39 and recess the same as shown at 10, (Fig. 12) so as to correspond with the contour of the hair and similar to the recess 16 in the In this case I may mount a guide l l by suspending the same t me; the sides of the hopper so as to perform a function similar to the guide 14', aii'd so as to keep a predeterminednumber of hairs below the arm-35 so that when the same is oscillated by the 'movement of the link 38 and crank 37 the arln 35 will contaet'with and push the desired number of hairs between the rollers 2 and so as to be, gripped and conveyed by the latter in a manner heretofore described.

It will thus be seen that with the aid of my invention, hairs, bristles, fibers, or the like may be quickly and successively delivered to a grasping or conveying means-tor any purpose desired.

With the form of rollers shown in Fig. 14

I obtain means for varying the speed by which the hairs are moved from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the pos1t1on shown in Fig. 6; for example, if the fru'sto-conical rollers shown in Fig. 14 are substituted for the cylindrical rollers shown inthe other views of drawing the result is that ifthe hairs are delivered to the narrow ends of the rollers as indicated at m Fig. 14 the hair will tend to increase its speed as it moves from the narrow ends of the rollers to the position occupied in Fig. 6, owing to the fact that the diameters of the rollers increase from the smaller-ends tothe larger ends. On the other hand, if the hairs are delivered to the rollers at the pointy theywill move more slowly toward the narrow ends, for the reason that the diameter decreases from the point to the point a: and therefore'the extent of surface movement decreases.

In the modification shown in Fig. 13,the plunger is in the form of 'a plate 41 which is rigidly secured'to a shaft 42; said plate being so constructed that its outer edge 43 increases its distance from the center of the shaft 4:2 throughout a portion of its length substantially in spiral'form. This edge 43 is grooved or recessed as indicated by the dotted line at so asto register with the contour of the hairs and the shaft 42 may be rotated by any meansso as to bring the grooved edge "13 in contact with a hairand thereby push the latter out of the hopper through the slot;9 to pair of rollers orto any gripping or conveyingmeans. Kit is desired the shaft 42 may be oscillated instead of forming complete rotations but will in each case serve to push the hair out of its supporting means so as to be grasped and conveyed. g

While I have shown and described a speciiic means for moving the plunger 15 and its equivalent,- it will be noted that other means of operation may be employed without departingfrom the spirit of myinvention. Also, the formation and construction of the several parts may be variedwithout departing fromthe' ideaof my invention,

as the latter consists of the broad idea of ejecting or pushing hairs or the like to a grasping or conveying means. Also, I have described and illustrated a particular form of guiding means, such as the extension 1 1 and the curved lower ends of the casing, the latter being clearly shown in Fig. 4, but it will be understood that any form of guiding means may be employed and, if it is desired, weight may be applied to the hairs while in the hopper so as to force them into the desired position.

I preferably dispose the hopper at an inclined angle, but it will be understood that the hopper may be placed in any other position'if desired. Also, as illustrated the recesses on the plunger 15 and arm 35 and platedl are formedto engage only one hair at a time but they may be shaped to engage two or more hairs simultaneously if desired.

I claim 1.- The combination of a container for hairs and having a slot therein; gage means operable to permit the movement of a predetermined number of hairs toward the slot; means for separating hairs adjacent the slot from the other hairs in the container; and means for pushing the hairs through the slot.

2; The combinationof a container for hairs having a slot therein; gage means operable to permit the movement of a predetermined number of hairs toward the slot for alinement therewith; means for separating hair's adjacent the slot from the other hairs hairs; a reciprocable plunger bar; a sep-.

arator; means for moving the separator between the hairs to separate and thereby sucoessively feed a certain number thereof into the path of the plunger; and means for moving the plunger to push said hairs from the container. 1

The combination of a container for hairs; a reciprocable plunger; a reciprocable separator; and means for alternately moving the plunger and the separator to successively feed the hairs into the path of the plunger so that they will be pushed thereby out of said container.

6. The combination of a hopper for supporting hairs or the like and having an inclined bottom, said hopper having a slot extending longitudinallythrough said botgated slot therein extending in the direction of the incline; gripping rollers mounted be with the said slot and into a low the slot; and means for successively pushing hairs through the slot between and into engagement with the gripping rollers.

8. The combination of a pair of gripping rollers; 'acontainer for supporting horsehairs or the like having a slot formed. therein and inclined to the lines of said rollers; a plunger adjacent the lower end of said container and movable through the slot therein; means for actuating the plunger to successively push hairs through the slot to the gripping rollers; and means for guiding the hairs into line with the slot prior to their engagement by said plunger.

9. The combination of a hopper for supporting hairs or the like having an inclined bottom; two rollers rotatable in opposite directions, said hopper being inclined and extending above and below the upper portions of the rollers, said hopper having a slotformed thereinat the lower portion of the said inclined bottom, one end' of vsaid slot being at a point slightly above the lowest portion of the inner-surface of the lower end of the hopper to form a shoulder for the lower ends of the hairs, the other end of said slot being vertically above the said rollers; a plunger; and means for actuating said plunger to V successively engage hairs at points adjacent their lower ends and move them through said slot and between and into frictional contact with the said rollers. V

10. The combination of a hopper for supporting hairs or the like having an inclined bottom; two rollers rotatable in opposite directions, said hopper being inclined and extending above and below the upper portions of the rollers, said hopper having a slot formed therein at thelower portion of the said inclined bottom,-one end of said slot being at a point slightly vabove the lowest portion of the inner surface of the lower end of the hopper to form a shoulder for the lower ends of the hairs, the other end of said slot being vertically above the said rollers; a plunger; means for actuating said plunger to successively engage hairs at points, adjacent their lower ends and move them through said slot and between and into frictional contact with the said rollers; and means for guiding said hairs into alinement position to be engaged by the said plunger.

11. The combination, of a ,hQpper, -for the said inclined bottom, one end of said r slot being at a point slightlyabove the lowest. portion ofthe inner surface of the lower end of the hopper to form a shoulder for the lower ends of the hairs, the other end of said: slot being vertically above the said rollers; a casing; a plunger mounted within said casing; and means for actuating said plunger to successively. engage and move halrs adjacent their lower ends throughsaidslotandbetween and into fric- V tional contact with said rollers V j 12. The combination of a hopper for sup porting hairs or the like having an inclined bottom; two rollers rotatable in opposite directions, said hopper-being inclined and extending above and below the upper portions of, the rollers, said hoppervhaving a slot formed therein at the lowest portion of the said inclined'bottom, one end of said slot." being at a. point slightly :above the lowest portion of the inner surface of the lower end of the hopper to form a shoulder for the lower ends of the hairs, the other end of said 'slot being vertically above the said rollers; a casing; a plunger mounted within said casing;- means for actuating saidplunger to successively engage and move hairs adjacent their lower endsthrough said slot and between and into frictional contact with said rollers; and means on said casing for guiding said hairs into alinement with the said slotin a position to be engaged by the said plunger. a j V '13. The combination of a hopper; a pair of rotatably mountedrollers, said hopper having va slot formed therein, one end of said slot being adjacent the inner'surfacer of one end of the hopper but slightly in. ad-

vance j of the same to form a supporting" shoulder for the ends ofthe hair, the other end of said slot being vertically above the rollers; a plunger; and means for actuating said plunger to successively move hairs through said slot and between and into' frictional contact with the said rollers.

-14, The combination of a hopperya pair of rollers rotatable in opposite directions, I

said hopper having a slot formed therein, one end of said slot being adjacent the inner surface of one end of the hopper but slightly 7 in advance of the same to form a supporting shoulder for the ends of the hair, the

other end of said slot being-verticallyabove the rollers; a plunger; means for actuating said plunger to successively move hairs throughsaid'slot and between and into fric- V tional contact with the said rollers; and means. for guiding said hairs into alineengaged by said with a slot extending in the direction of the incline; a pair of gripping rollers below the slotted portion of said container bottom and mounted with the line of their adjacent 15 portions parallel to the line of said slot; and means for pushing hairs through said slot and between the rollers.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence 20 of two subscribing Witnesses.

HERMAN RUDOLF SACK.

Witnesses:

AUGUSTUS B. CoPPEs, Jos. H. KLEIN.

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